I am a Muslim and I am not that offended

 

In The Name of Allah The Almighty and Most Great Creator

Assalamualaikum

 

"I am a Muslim and I am not that offended.." - Young Singaporean Muslim

July 21, 2013
Latest Update: July 21, 2013 05:11 pm

 

When I first saw the “Halal Bak Kut Teh” picture on The Real Singapore Facebook page, I was irritated but I didn’t think much of it. I believed the guy was an idiot and that’s it. But I was surprised that the backlash has gotten so big over just a few hours.
I was disappointed to see so much hate comments being posted by fellow Muslims over this one photo and some even go far as to post threats of violence and death threats. And now, the couple is facing up to 15 years in jail and heavy fines over this one photo, which really saddens me as thieves and people with assault charges usually get much less.
Why am I not offended? I actually have a different perspective on the issue. I subscribed to a few foreign news channels like Al Jazeera and The Young Turks and I have seen the faces of REAL HATE.

I have seen people like Pastor Terry Jones, who called for the burning of the Quran. I have seen a group of Islamophobic Americans gather to throw hateful slurs at a mosque event in California. I have seen the absolute disrespect of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula and his blasphemous film which he called “The innocence of muslims”. I have seen the bigotry and also the sympathy of the people of Texas in ABC news experiment “What would you do?” when Muslims are discriminated. I have seen a Hispanic woman pushing a Muslim man onto an oncoming train, killing him, just because he was Muslim. And the worst of late, I have seen the genocide of the Muslim Rohingya people by the so called “Buddhist” Burmese.

The face of hate comes in many sickening form. But when I see Alvin’s face, I don’t see a hateful person; I just see the face of a troll.

Understanding hate and dark humor.
Maybe it is because of my age and my exposure to the internet, I understand dark humor and some can be really funny. I am a fan of South Park with their highly intelligent yet crude but funny jokes and satires. But in the end, dark humor is essentially a joke that can either be funny or fall flat and just be stupid.

I would say that Alvin’s Halal Bak Kut Teh photo is just a piece of really bad dark humor that is not funny. There is no real malice in this photo. He did not insult our prophet, he did not call for the Quran to be defaced and he did not go out to injure a fellow Muslim. At most I could say that he is insensitive for suggesting that a dish most commonly made with pork is halal.
We are getting into an uproar over FOOD? Let’s change the situation a bit and say Alvin did the same photo BUT with frog legs (which is also haram). How much of an uproar will that make?
Being respected. As Muslims, we always ask that our religion be respected. But it would be hard to respect someone if he acts like an overly sensitive baby who would throw a tantrum over such a small issue. We need to be mature. If you find the photo insensitive, feel free to make a video or make an article to address how insensitive the post is or simply bring this matter to facebook admin let them handle it. To issue threats of violence, instigate suicide and even death threats over a food related matter is simply unacceptable.

Justice. Quoting from the Holy Quran 2:190

“Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you but do not transgress. Indeed. Allah does not like transgressors.”

The concept is simple, if you are called to defend our faith, do so without transgression. If you are threatened with words, you are to fight back with words ONLY. If you are threatened with fists, you are to fight back with fists at most. If you are threatened with a sword, you may fight back with a sword.
What Alvin did does not warrant jail time for up to 15 years or even such a heavy fine. Prison is a place where we keep thieves, robbers, rapists and murderers, people who have committed crimes against property and person. To treat Alvin, whose crime is bad humor, like a harden criminal is indeed transgressing the limit. At most, all he deserves is a small fine and mandatory community work (maybe at a mosque so he could learn a thing or two about being with Muslims).
In all, we must keep things in perspective in issuing justice so that our emotion doesn't cloud our reason. We should not turn an issue about food into something that could divide a nation and we must act more maturely if we want to be respected. - The Real Singapore, July 21, 2013


* Young Singaporean Muslim submitted this article to The Real Singapore, a news portal on life in Singapore.
* This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insider.



i'm not backing or supporting their action,  as a muslim I do feel challenged. rationally, I agree with the opinions. it's wake people up. i'm not judging people..but it is a reality. Allahuakbar

First Day of Ramadhan

In The Name of ALLAH The Almighty and Most Great Creator

Assalamualaikum

Macam mana first day puasa korang? Rasanya , hari pertama tak berapa nak goyah sangat kot benteng nafsu tu. Tenaga masih ada. Ke siang tadi dah ada yang gi beli lunch sorok sorok, kat belakang kedai? Takkan.. eh aku tau. korang semua bebaik. senyum sikit senyum sikit ..

Alhamdulillah tadi,,ermmm lauk sedap sangat. Ikan masak merah (feberet bak anggg) , sotong masak kicap, sayur labu masak lemak..ada murtabak, kuih muih banyak gilos lepas tu air asam boi, air apa tah dalam botol abang ipar beli tapi rasa dia kureng sikit..hoho . tu je lah kot. Lauk tu semua simple, mungkin air tangan orang tu ikhlas maka bila makan jadi sedap je. Thanks akakku :)

Alhamdulillah juga .. ramadhan pertama untuk tahun ni menjadi..eh pelik tak pelik tak? apa yang menjadinya ni? tak paham ek.. okay jom kasi paham

Tahun lepas, first ramadhan sedih sangat. Sebenarnya orang lain pun sedih, tpi aku rasa aku sedih lagi over.. Anak bongsu yang manja gitcheww. ekeke. Kiranya first time lah kita ni berpuasa di perantauan. Eleh, macam sorang sorang je padahal kawan kawan kemain ramai kat sana. pastu macam dia sorang je dalam dunia ni yang berpuasa tidak bersama keluarga. Over kan over kan..

So, my first time ever la kiranya berpuasa tanpa family dan bersama sama dengan kawan. Sebenarnya time tu cuti, so mana2 student yang nak balik boleh balik. tapi Kluang --> Kuala Pilah bukan dekat.. kita pun tak baliklah. Roomates ada dua orang tapi lagi sorang balik so tinggal yang sorang tu dengan kita ni la. Konfiden dan yakin seratus peratus lah boleh bangun awal nak sahur. Sebab kononnya dah biasa bangun pukul 4,5 pagi untuk study. Pastu bila mak ingatkan macam masuk telinga kiri keluar telinga kanan. Memang riak, takabbur, sombong , berlagak la time tu.

Punyalah eksaited nak sahur, kita terjaga pukul 4. Awal lagi.. lagipun sunnah nabi kan melengah lengahkan sahur . Kita pun ambil keputusan untuk tidur balik. Nak kejutkan roommate kat sebelah bangun sahur awal macam tu pun tak sampai hati. Dia pun tidur macam baby dah aku tengok. Dah tidur tu..tersedar lagi.. tengok jam dah pukul 5.50 . Gelabah tak gelabah lah time tu. nasib baik belum azan, subuh masuk lambat. jamah je lah apa apa. Tapi kitorang sempat buat milo panas . Makan roti cicah dengan milo tu..makan secepat yang mungkin.

Dah kenyang, licin semua.. nak g toilet lah. basuh muka, gosok gigi, nak amik wudhuk sekali..tadi lepas bangun terus makan kan.. maaflah ter tak senonoh pulak. hoho . Roomate tu jalan laju je ke toilet, emergency case. Kite ni pulak jalan lambat lambat.. tapi kepelikan asal dah cerah ni. nak ujan ke? aiyelah tu kot nak ujan. Entah apa apa entah aku ni. Takkanlah nak ujan, hari cerah kemain kan.. Dah basuh muka, gosok gigi , amik wudhuk semua.. time tu roommate masuk bilik dulu. Pastu dia keluar balik , then tnya kat kite ni macam ni " Una, betul ke tadi Una tengok jam pukul 5.50?"

Pada waktu, saat dan ketika itu terasa diri ini seperti dipanah halilintar.. eh kite berlari masuk bilik tengok jam balik. Oh mai..you may predict what's happen actually..

kat jam tu dah pukul 7 okay.. 7 okay..

terkejut. nak tergelak . sedih semua ada arr.. tapi kitorang solat dulu. habis solat terus gelak la. dalam masa yang sama keliru status puasa kitorang. Tanya mak aku dia kata sah, inshaAllah. sebab situasi lebih kurang sama macam orang yang berpuasa, pastu dia lup yang dia puasa, dan dia termakan. macam gitulah. mak pun tak benti gelak.. mak citer kat satu family. mereka juga turut mengketawakan aku. aku yang berduka lara.

Lain pulak dengan roommate tu, dia kol kakak dia.. pastu dia kena marah. kakak dia cakap puasa tu tak sah. eh, dia diam je satu hari. bertambah tambahlah menggelabah. tapi lepas buka tu kitorang gelak balik. sebab macam entah pape entah engkorang ni. tu la lain kali jangan belagak sangat.. haa ni makan dia.

Disebabkan tak sure status puasa tu, so kitorang ganti jugak .. aiyelah yang itu lebih baikkan.. :)

Semalam, ada jugak wish roommate tu , pstu dia berdekah tak hengat. Memang wajib ingat smpi bila bila. Start esoknya, pagi2 mak kol..takut terlajak lagi. kakaka.

Herm tu jelah.. tak taulah nak klasifikasikan cerita ni lawak ke sedih ke, ape ke.. sebab semuanya dah campur campu r jadi kerabu taugeh dah.. eah macam merapu kan? okbai. Salam Ramadhan ya Muslims :)

Insaf diri, Rendahkan diri

In The Name Of ALLAH The Almighty and The Most Great Creator

Assalamualaikum



Wahai Tuhan, ku tak layak ke syurga-Mu,


Namun ku tak sanggup ke neraka-Mu,


Terimalah taubatku dan ampuni dosaku,


Sesungguhnya Engkau Maha Pengampun dosa-dosa besar,


Dosa-dosaku bagaikan pepasir di pantai,


Terimalah taubatku waha Tuhan yang Maha Tinggi. Dan usiaku berkurang setiap hari,


Dan Dosaku pula bertambah setiap masa,


Tuhanku, hamba-Mu yang sering melakukan maksiat telah datang kepada-Mu,


Senantiasa berbuat dosa, dan sesungguhnya telah berdoa kepada-Mu,


Jika Kau ampunkan, maka itu hakMu

Berdandan Berlebihan

 

Assalamualaikum :)

 

Sekadar renungan untuk diri ini, rakan rakan pembaca dan seluruh muslimah. Moga kita terlindung daripada tabarruj dalam memodenisasikan gaya hijab. I just newly know the islamic quote of "tabarruj". Cetek sungguh ilmu yang kita ada. Allahuakbar. Sebenarnya petikan ini diambil daripada salah seorang FaceBook User. Terdetik dalam hati, muslimah (termasuk diri ini) terkadang lupa pada dasar sebenar berhijab . Syukran. Moga Allah titipkan pahala berlipat kali ganda buat tuan punya ayat.

 Tabarruj adalah berdandan atau bersolek dengan tidak seperti biasanya. Misalnya, memakai bedak dengan tebal, eye shadow, lipstik dengan warna menjolok dan sebagainya. Sebab, tindakan-tindakan seperti ini termasuk dalam

kategori tabarruj secara definitif. Imam Bukhari menyatakan, bahwa tabarruj adalah tindakan seorang wanita yang menampakkan kecantikannya kepada orang lain.”

Larangan tersebut juga telah disebutkan dalam al-Quran. Allah swt berfirman;

“Janganlah mereka menghentakkan kakinya agar diketahui perhiasan yang mereka sembunyikan.”[Al-Nuur:31]

Pada dasarnya, Islam telah melarang wanita melakukan tabarruj (menampakkan perhiasannya). Dengan kata lain, tabarruj adalah hukum lain yang berbeza dengan hukum menutup aurat dan hukum wanita mengenakan tudung dan jilbab.Wanita yang mengenakan pakaian tipis, atau memakai busana ketat dan merangsang termasuk dalam kategori tabarruj.

Nabi saw bersabda:
“Ada dua golongan manusia yang menjadi penghuni neraka, yang sebelumnya aku tidak pernah melihatnya; yakni, sekelompok orang yang memiliki cambuk seperti seekor sapi yang digunakan untuk menyakiti umat manusia; dan wanita yang membuka auratnya dan berpakaian tipis merangsang berlenggak-lenggok dan berlagak. Mereka tidak akan dapat masuk surga dan mencium baunya. Padahal, bau surga dapat tercium dari jarak sekian-sekian.” [HR. Imam Muslim]

Tidak lain yang diminta melainkan kita dijauhkan daripada sifat sifat seperti ini. Memakai hijab adalah tuntutan ISLAM . Tidak salah untuk kita menggayakannya jika selesa berkeadaan sebegitu tetapi hendaklah berciri cirikan seperti yang dituntut. Love ourself and protect our iman :)

thanks google image :)